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第二篇　借着过隐藏的生活而过国度的生活

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第二周　周三
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1五 我们该多多祷告，但不要让别人知道我们有多少祷告；我们若天天祷告而不告诉别人，或者不让别人知道，这表示我们是健康的，并且我们正在长大。
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2六 国度子民必须有密室祷告的经历，在隐密中接触他们的天父，经历对父隐密的享受，并从祂接受隐密的回答——六6。
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3七 无论何时我们在义行上显扬自己，我们就不健康；这样的显扬大大阻挠我们在生命里长大。
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4八 我们人的生命喜爱炫耀、公开显扬，但神的生命总是隐藏的；假冒为善的人就是有外面的表显，里面却空无一物的人。
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5九 我们在天然的生命里，绝不可能实行在隐密中过隐藏的生活；只有在神圣的生命，不喜欢显扬的生命里，才可能实行；我们若认真要成为国度的子民，就必须学习凭着我们父隐藏的生命而活。
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6十 宇宙指明神是隐藏的，神是隐密的；我们若凭着神的爱爱人，这爱就始终是隐藏的。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
7太六6 你祷告的时候，要进你的密室，关上门，祷告你在隐密中的父，你父在隐密中察看，必要报答你。
7Matt. 6:6 But you, when you pray, enter into your private room, and shut your door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will repay you.
818 为要不叫人，只叫你在隐密中的父，看出你在禁食；你父在隐密中察看，必要报答你。
818 So that you may not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will repay you.
9那些只知道显扬己并炫耀肉体的圣徒，不会在生命里长大。真正生命的长大，乃是除去己。……我们该多多祷告，但不要让别人知道我们有多少祷告；这才是健康的。你若天天祷告而不告诉别人，或者不让别人知道，这表示你是健康的，并且你正在长大。然而，假定你一直告诉别人你有多少祷告，你若这样作，不仅要失去赏赐，你也不健康，不会在生命里长大。我们都必须承认，我们里面有狡猾的己、诡诈的肉体。……当我们独自在房间祷告的时候，我们常常盼望别人能听见。照样，我们行义，用意是要别人能看见。这样的愿望和用意是不健康的；这些指明我们不是在生命里长大。……你的义行若在隐密中，你就能确信自己是在生命里长大，并且是健康的。但无论何时你在义行上显扬自己，你就不健康。这样的显扬大大阻挠了你在生命里长大（马太福音生命读经，二九一至二九二页）。
9Those saints who know only to make a show of the self and a display of the flesh will not grow in life. The genuine growth in life is to cut off the self…We should pray much yet not let others know how much we pray. This is healthy. If you pray every day without telling others or letting them know about it, it means that you are healthy and that you are growing. However, suppose you always tell others how much you pray. If you do this, you will not only lose your reward, but you will not grow in life or be healthy. We all must admit that we have the subtle self, the subtle flesh, within us … When we pray alone in our room, we often wish that others could hear us. Likewise, we do our righteous deeds with the intention that others could see them. Such desires and intentions are not healthy; they indicate that we are not growing in life…If your righteous deeds are in secret, you may be assured that you are growing in life and are healthy. But any time you exhibit yourself in your righteous deeds, you are not healthy. Such an exhibition greatly frustrates your growth in life. (Life-study of Matthew, pp. 244-245)
信息选读
Today’s Reading
10宇宙指明神是隐藏的，神是隐密的。……我们也许看见了神所作的事，但我们没有人见过祂，因为祂总是隐藏的，总是隐密的。神的生命属于这样隐密和隐藏的性质。我们若凭着自己的生命爱人，这生命就想要在人面前炫耀自己。但我们若凭着神的爱爱人，这爱就始终是隐藏的。我们人的生命喜爱炫耀、公开显扬，但神的生命总是隐藏的。假冒为善的人就是有外面的表显，里面却空无一物的人。他所有的一切仅仅是外面的表演，里面没有实际。这完全与神的性情和祂隐藏的生命相对。虽然神的内涵极其丰富，但表显出来的只有一点点。我们若凭着这神圣的生命而活，也许会多多祷告，但别人不会知道我们祷告了多少。我们可能多多施舍，帮助别人，但没有人会知道我们给了多少。我们可能常常禁食，但这也不为人所知。我们里面可能有许多，但表显出来的却不多。这就是国度子民在行义一事上的性质。
10The universe indicates that God is hidden, that God is secret…We may have seen the things done by God, but none of us has ever seen Him, for He is always hidden, always secret. God’s life is of such a secret and hidden nature. If we love others by our own life, this life will seek to make a display of itself before men. But if we love others by the love of God, this love will always remain hidden. Our human life loves to make a display, a public show, but God’s life is always hidden. A hypocrite is one who has an outward manifestation without having anything within. Everything he has is merely an outward show; there is no reality inwardly. This is absolutely contrary to God’s nature and to His hidden life. Although God has so much within Him, only a little is manifested. If we live by this divine life, we may pray much, but others will not know how much we have prayed. We may give a great deal to help others, but no one will know how much we give. We may fast often, but this also will not be known by others. We may have a great deal within us, but very little will be manifested. This is the nature of the kingdom people in the doing of their righteous deeds.
11这与属世之人的性质迥然不同。当世人捐出一百元时，他们就大作广告，好像他们捐了一笔很大的数目。但我们基督徒捐出一百元时，最好只让别人知道我们捐了一角。我们所作的比别人所看见的多。我们在天然的生命里，绝不能实行这样的施舍，只有在神圣的生命，不喜欢显扬的生命里，才可能这样实行。这是本段话的重点。
11This is vastly different from the nature of the worldly people. When the worldly ones donate a hundred dollars, they advertise it, making it appear that they have given a much greater amount. But when we Christians give a hundred dollars, it is better that we only let others know that we have given a dime. We do more than what is visible to others. We can never practice this kind of giving in our natural life. It is possible only in the divine life, the life that does not enjoy making a show. This is the crucial point in this portion of the Word.
12我们若认真要成为国度的子民，就必须学习凭着我们父隐藏的生命而活。我们不可凭着自己天然的生命而活，这生命总是炫耀自己。我们若凭着我们父隐藏的生命而活，我们会作许多事而不公开显扬。反之，我们所作的一切都会在隐密中，从人眼前隐藏。许多圣徒的传记显示他们在隐密中作了某些事，这些事常常到他们死后才为人所知。这是正确的路。……我们的祷告该在隐密中。……国度子民必须有密室祷告的经历，在隐密中接触他们的天父，经历对父隐密的享受，并从祂接受隐密的回答〔太六6〕（马太福音生命读经，二九二至二九三、二九五至二九六页）。
12If we are serious about being the kingdom people, we must learn to live by the hidden life of our Father. We must not live by our natural life, which is always making a display of itself. If we live by our Father’s hidden life, we will do many things without making any public show of them. Rather, all that we do will be in secret, hidden from the eyes of others. The biographies of many saints reveal that they did certain things in secret, things that often were not made known until after they had died. This is the right way. Our prayer should be in secret…The kingdom people must have some experience of prayer in their private room, contacting their heavenly Father in secret, experiencing some secret enjoyment of the Father, and receiving some secret answer from Him [Matt. 6:6]. (Life-study of Matthew, pp. 245246, 248)
13参读：马太福音生命读经，第二十一篇。
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今日要点
14主题：借着密室的祷告，停下天然生命，凭父隐藏生命而活
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15引经：太六6，太六18
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161.国度子民的祷告与禁食，也该拒绝并杀死肉体和己：
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17a.太六6说，『你祷告的时候，要进你的密室，关上门，祷告你在隐密中的父，你父在隐密中查看，必要报答你』，18节也说，『为要不叫人，只叫你在隐密中的父，看出你在禁食；你父在隐密中查看，必要报答你』，这两处经文也都看见『隐密』这词，国度子民的祷告与禁食，也该拒绝并杀死肉体和己。
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18b.那些只知道显扬己并炫耀肉体的圣徒，不会在生命里长大，真正生命的长大，乃是除去己，我们该多多祷告，但不该让别人知道我们有多少祷告，这才是健康的，这样才会有真实生命的长大，这样也才不会得人称赞，反而得到父的赏赐，借着在今世这样的操练，活在神国的实际里，在来世就会带进国度的实现，得着赏赐。
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192.人的生命爱显扬，神的生命总隐藏：
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20a.我们人的生命喜爱炫耀、公开显扬，但神的生命总是隐藏的，我们在天然的生命里，绝对不可能实行在隐密中过隐藏的生活，只有在神圣的生命，不喜欢显扬的生命里，才可能实行隐藏的生活，我们若认真要成为国度的子民，就必须学习凭着我们里面父隐藏的生活而活。
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21b. 虽然这个宇宙说出有神，我们却看不见神，神是隐藏、隐密的，我们看见许多神作的事情，但我们却没有见过神，因为祂总是隐藏、隐密的，神的生命属于这样隐密、隐藏的属性，这与假冒为善的人，只有外面的表显，却没有里面实际的人相对，这提醒我们，不该像世人一般喜好显扬，而该活父的生命，过隐藏的生活。
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22应用：我们里面狡猾的己、诡诈的肉体，总引诱我们显扬，每次有这样的想法时，就需要到主面前蒙光照，被暴露，而使我们的己和肉体被治死，好使里面的生命能够不受阻碍，而经历生命的管治，而活在神国的实际里。
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